ABOUT ME

Hello! My name is Eric Stiffarm. I'm a Product Manager for the e-commerce branch at Island Mountain Development Group, where I've worked since 2019. I was born in Missoula, raised in Ft. Belknap and Harlem, and I graduated from Harlem High School in 1995. I'm currently pursuing a degree in Computer Programming and Application Development to strengthen my skills and better support the systems I work with, and become more efficient with the other operational tools we currently use. I'm a father of five and deeply motivated both by my family and by the academic success of my younger siblings, who hold a PhD in Indigenous Health and a Master's in Computer Science. Outside of work and school, I enjoy running ultramarathons, collecting and selling sneakers, reading, spending time with my family, and continuing to grow personally and professionally.

HOBBIES

Ultramarathons I've finished and the years.

100-mile and longer races
  • Bigfoot 200 – 2022
  • Bighorn 100 – 2021, 2022
  • Crazy Mountain 100 – 2023
  • Copper Kings 100 – 2025
Other ultramarathons
  • HURL Elkhorn 53 – 2019
  • Bighorn 52 – 2019
  • Devil's Backbone 50 – 2020, 2021
  • Dusk till Dawn 12hr (39.6 miles) – 2021
  • Bighorn 32 – 2023
  • Run the Rut 50K – 2025, 2024, 2021
  • Divide 50K – 2021
  • Rampage the Roots 50K – 2019
  • The Hunt 50K – 2022

Eric's Favorite Jordans of All Time

Top 5 models with some of my favorite colorways:

  1. Jordan 11
    • Concord
    • Space Jam
  2. Jordan 1
    • Chicago
    • Bred
  3. Jordan 4
    • White/Cement
    • Bred
  4. Jordan 5
    • Black Metallic
    • Grape
  5. Jordan 6
    • Infrared
    • Olympic

Eric's Favorite Authors

Some of my go-to authors and books I've read:

  1. Ryan Holiday
    • The Obstacle Is the Way
    • The Daily Stoic
  2. Haruki Murakami
    • Killing Commendatore
    • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
  3. John C. Maxwell
    • The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
    • Fail Forward
  4. Stephen Graham Jones
    • The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
    • The Only Good Indians
  5. Jocko Willink
    • Extreme Ownership
    • The Dichotomy of Leadership

CROSS THE FINISHLINE!

GROWING PROFESSIONALLY AT IMDG